Question is Jacquie am I a tame one or a picky one that's what I want to know ;o)
Claire Kent,UK Claire Allen www.bonitocrafts.co.uk Crafty stuff I want to show off. On 24 Jun 2011, at 10:11, Jacquie Tinch wrote: > > > Another aspect of speed which hasn't been mentioned is the difficulties which > teachers experience trying to design a piece of lace for a class. We often > work a sample several times (and inflict it on our 'tame' students) trying to > get some idea how long it might take 'average' lacemaker to do the piece. It > is one of the most difficult design tasks trying to estimate how many of the > necessary techniques will they have time to do in the day, the weekend or > worst of all, the 3 hours of a Lace Guild Convention workshop, and thus > decide how complex a piece can be. > > > > But my heart sinks when I have one of the Lacemakers described by Helen(?) > who tension and tweak every thread at every stitch as I know I will go home > frustrated at how little they were able to achieve even if they don't They > may be quite content in their work, so I have to respect that, but surely > they'd get even more pleasure (as well as value for money!) if they could > work just a tiddy bit faster. > > Jacquie in Lincolshire > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
